title: A rare case of split pons with double encephalocoele, dermal sinus tract, and lipomeningomyelocele: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multiple neural tube defects and pontine anomalies are relatively rare. Cases of split pons and double encephalocoeles in combination with other spinal anomalies are even rarer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we present a very rare case of split pons, twin encephalocoeles (one of which was atretic), lumbar dermal sinus tract, lumbosacral lipomeningomyelocele, thickened filum, and syringomyelia that was managed successfully at our institute.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cases of split pons and double encephalocoeles in combination with other spinal anomalies are very rare, and to the best of author's knowledge, this is the first case report of these multiple anomalies in world literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Basaveshwara Teaching and General Hospital, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India, shashank.ramdurg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shashank Ravindra
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ramdurg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gubbi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Odugoudar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kadeli
mesh_terms: D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery